Al-Monitor - The long arm of the Iranian law seems to be reaching individuals accused of misusing political connections for personal profit at a time when the economy is under severe strain due to mismanagement at home and reimposed US sanctions. The latest in a series of "special trials" opened in the past year was that of Hossein Hedayati, also ...

Radio Farda - A prominent attorney, Hamid Hajian was shot dead with at least three bullets on Wednesday evening, April 24, in the garage of a building in Tehran's affluent northern neighborhood of Kamranieh. Hajian 41 reportedly was once the attorney of several Iranian tycoons accused of "financial corruption," including Hossein Hedayati a billionaire ...

Radio Farda - The prosecutor in the corruption trial of a super-rich sponsor of major Iranian football (soccer) clubs, says one of the suspects in the case had opened 242 bank accounts within a day in his 8-year-old sons name, Iranian news agencies reported. At a court session on Sunday March 10, the prosecutors described the act as tantamount to ...